What a perfectly constructed song written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan. It was
originally recorded by The Four Seasons in early 1974 but released as a Frankie
Valli solo song and topped the charts in 1975. Besides the touching subject
matter, it subliminally keeps our interest by continuously modulating up 1/2 step
at a time. Send Questions/comments to dougj1986(at)aol.com. My apologies if the
chord/words placement gets misaligned as I imported these notes from Word.
My Eyes Adored You
The intro guitar part uses '6ths' a la Van Morrison's BROWN EYED GIRL or Jim Croce's OPERATOR
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INTRO BASS LINES:
[F#]F# [A]B [A#B]A –
B A G –
E G F# E(over Esus E CHORDS)
CHORUS:
My eyes [Bm7]adored you, though I [Bm7/E]never laid a hand on you,
my eyes a..[Amaj7]dored you.
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see
how [Bbdim]I a&#[Bm7]8230;…dored you.. So clo[Bm7/E]se, so close,[D] an[A/C#]d yet [D/E]so far.
[A]Carried your books from [C#m]school,
playing [Em]make-believe you're [A7]married to [D]me.[A/C#]
[Bm7]You were fifth grade, I was sixth, [G]when we [D/F#]came to [Esus7]be.[E7]
[F#m]Walking home every [C#m]day..over [Em7]Barnagat [A7]Bridge and [D]Bay,[A/C#]
till we [Bm7]grew into ' me and you,' who [G]went our [D/F#]separate [Esus]ways.[E7]
CHORUS
[Bb]Headed for city [Dm]lights climbed the [Fm]ladder up to [Bb7]fortune and [Eb]fame[Eb/D].
I w[Cm]orked my fingers to the [Cm7]bone, [Ab]made my[Ab/G]self a [F7sus]name.[F7]
[Gm]Funny, I seem to [Dm]find, that no [Fm]matter how the [Bb7]years un[Eb]wind.[Eb/D]..
Still [Cm]I reminisce about the girl I miss and the [Ab]love I [Ab/G]left be[F7sus]hind..[F7].
My eyes adored [Cm7]you, though I [Cm7/F]never laid a hand on you,
my eyes a..[Bb]dored you. Like a million miles away from me you
couldn't see how [Bdim]I a&#[Cm]8230;…dored you..
So close, so close, and[Cm7/F] yet so [Eb] far.[Bb/D]
[C#m7/F#]My eyes adored [C#m7]you, though I [C#m7/F#]never laid a hand on you,
my eyes a..[Bmaj7]dored you. L[B]ike a million miles away from me you
couldn't see how [Cdim]I aR[C#m7]30;…dored you..
So close, so close, [C#m7/F#]and yet so [E]far.[B/D#]
[Dm7/G]My eyes adored [Dm7]you, though I [Dm7/G]never laid a hand on you,
my eyes a..[C]dored you. Like a million miles away from me you
couldn't see how [C#dim7]I a[Dm7]230;……dored you..
So close, so close, [Dm7/G] and yet so [F]far.[C/E][Dm7]
(this is vamped over the C# CHORUS Above)
[C#m7]All my life I will remember, how warm and tender
we [Bmaj7]were way [B]back then.
[C#m7]Though I'm feeling sad regrets, I know I
E B/D# (MODULATE UP 1/2 STEP TO Dm7)
won't ever forget you, my childhood friend.
originally recorded by The Four Seasons in early 1974 but released as a Frankie
Valli solo song and topped the charts in 1975. Besides the touching subject
matter, it subliminally keeps our interest by continuously modulating up 1/2 step
at a time. Send Questions/comments to dougj1986(at)aol.com. My apologies if the
chord/words placement gets misaligned as I imported these notes from Word.
My Eyes Adored You
The intro guitar part uses '6ths' a la Van Morrison's BROWN EYED GIRL or Jim Croce's OPERATOR
|-10---9---9---7--|
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|-11---9---9---8--|
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INTRO BASS LINES:
[F#]F# [A]B [A#B]A –
B A G –
E G F# E(over Esus E CHORDS)
CHORUS:
My eyes [Bm7]adored you, though I [Bm7/E]never laid a hand on you,
my eyes a..[Amaj7]dored you.
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see
how [Bbdim]I a&#[Bm7]8230;…dored you.. So clo[Bm7/E]se, so close,[D] an[A/C#]d yet [D/E]so far.
[A]Carried your books from [C#m]school,
playing [Em]make-believe you're [A7]married to [D]me.[A/C#]
[Bm7]You were fifth grade, I was sixth, [G]when we [D/F#]came to [Esus7]be.[E7]
[F#m]Walking home every [C#m]day..over [Em7]Barnagat [A7]Bridge and [D]Bay,[A/C#]
till we [Bm7]grew into ' me and you,' who [G]went our [D/F#]separate [Esus]ways.[E7]
CHORUS
[Bb]Headed for city [Dm]lights climbed the [Fm]ladder up to [Bb7]fortune and [Eb]fame[Eb/D].
I w[Cm]orked my fingers to the [Cm7]bone, [Ab]made my[Ab/G]self a [F7sus]name.[F7]
[Gm]Funny, I seem to [Dm]find, that no [Fm]matter how the [Bb7]years un[Eb]wind.[Eb/D]..
Still [Cm]I reminisce about the girl I miss and the [Ab]love I [Ab/G]left be[F7sus]hind..[F7].
My eyes adored [Cm7]you, though I [Cm7/F]never laid a hand on you,
my eyes a..[Bb]dored you. Like a million miles away from me you
couldn't see how [Bdim]I a&#[Cm]8230;…dored you..
So close, so close, and[Cm7/F] yet so [Eb] far.[Bb/D]
[C#m7/F#]My eyes adored [C#m7]you, though I [C#m7/F#]never laid a hand on you,
my eyes a..[Bmaj7]dored you. L[B]ike a million miles away from me you
couldn't see how [Cdim]I aR[C#m7]30;…dored you..
So close, so close, [C#m7/F#]and yet so [E]far.[B/D#]
[Dm7/G]My eyes adored [Dm7]you, though I [Dm7/G]never laid a hand on you,
my eyes a..[C]dored you. Like a million miles away from me you
couldn't see how [C#dim7]I a[Dm7]230;……dored you..
So close, so close, [Dm7/G] and yet so [F]far.[C/E][Dm7]
(this is vamped over the C# CHORUS Above)
[C#m7]All my life I will remember, how warm and tender
we [Bmaj7]were way [B]back then.
[C#m7]Though I'm feeling sad regrets, I know I
E B/D# (MODULATE UP 1/2 STEP TO Dm7)
won't ever forget you, my childhood friend.
